Yahoo! UK News Message Boards - Recycling - Councils collecting bins once a fortnight?
Posted on November 10, 2009
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Yahoo! UK News Message Boards - Recycling - Councils collecting bins once a fortnight?
Hi Walter, the organic stuff causes no problems if composted properly but as the system is at the moment it causes huge problems. When mixed with household waste and disposed of in landfill the methane emissions as it breaks down are huge.
This waste is a lot easier for councils to deal with and is in some well organised areas retailed as soil conditioners, bark chips and other gardening products which all goes to reducing the overall financial and enviromental burden.
There needs to be more pressure on both the manufacturing companies and the retailers ( as well as local councils)who use the end plastic products. As yet there are few facilities to recycle plastic and to many varieties of plastic to be efficiently recycled.
Deal with what can be delt with easily now and work on lasting solutions to the more tricky problems.
Thinks like as your light bulbs blow replace with lo energy long life ones, stop using plasic bags ( everyone can do this quite easily and the impact would be huge). Recycle what you can and try to be more selective about what you buy in the first place.
Small steps maybe but ones that are worth taking.
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